John Rutledge, Jr.

John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1 September 1819) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-SC 2) from 4 March 1797 to 3 March 1803, succeeding Wade Hampton I and preceding William Butler.

Biography
John Rutledge, Jr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1766, the son of John Rutledge and the nephew of Edward Rutledge. He became a lawyer in 1787 and served in the State House from 1794 to 1797, in the US House of Representatives from 1797 to 1803, and as commander of the 28th South Carolina Regiment during the War of 1812. He died in 1819.